After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Courage
Integrity
SacrificeRelationships
Romance
Mentorship
CommunityThemes
Faith
Based on True StoryRatings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
MMetacritic65/100
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
MMetacritic65/100
Cast
Robert Taylor
Marcus Vinicius
Deborah Kerr
Lygia
Leo Genn
Petronius
Peter Ustinov
Nero
Patricia Laffan
Poppaea
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
